OffHisMeds

Regarding "NCAA won't budge on paying college athletes" (Monday Sports), NCAA President Mark Emmert doesn't think it's a good idea to convert student-athletes into paid employees - "literally into professionals." He is, however, happy with HIS million dollar per year package and similar compensation for his cronies. What is ironic is that Emmert has been forced by the Manziel controversy to address the other aspect of the NCAA's unconscionable exploitation of student athletes for profit: their rules that prevent college football players from entering the NFL draft until after their third year of indentured servitude to the NCAA, or upon turning 21 years of age.

Emmert is now the Little Dutch Boy trying to preserve the dike, and there's way more holes than he can plug with his ten fingers.  Pick your metaphor: The Cow's Out Of The Barn, The Cat's Out Of The Bag, The Genie's Out Of The Bottle; they all mean the same thing: college athletes will be paid, or Mark Emmert will preside over the destruction of NCAA college sports programs.

Pete Smith, Cypress